Siesta Key vs South Gate Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Siesta Key and South Gate Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Siesta Key and South Gate Ridge are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Siesta Key has the higher population (5,690 vs 5,456 in South Gate Ridge). Siesta Key has the higher median household income ($119,427 vs $76,307 in South Gate Ridge). Siesta Key has the higher median home value ($954,300 vs $369,400 in South Gate Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Siesta Key	South Gate Ridge
Population	5,690	5,456
Median age	66.0 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$119,427	$76,307
Median home value	$954,300	$369,400
Median gross rent	$2,761	$1,581
Housing units	7,894	2,629
Homeownership rate	92.5%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.3%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Siesta Key	South Gate Ridge
Population	5,573 → 5,690 (+2.1%)	6,232 → 5,456 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$102,143 → $119,427 (+16.9%)	$56,205 → $76,307 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$715,000 → $954,300 (+33.5%)	$247,200 → $369,400 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,730 → $2,761 (+59.6%)	$1,232 → $1,581 (+28.3%)

Siesta Key

Population

5,5735,690

Median household income

$102,143$119,427

Median home value

$715,000$954,300

Median gross rent

$1,730$2,761

South Gate Ridge

Population

6,2325,456

Median household income

$56,205$76,307

Median home value

$247,200$369,400

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Siesta Key	South Gate Ridge
Under 5	1.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	6.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	1.7%	2.9%
25 to 34	2.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	3.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	16.5%
55 to 64	25.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	22.8%	15.2%
75 and over	29.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Siesta Key	South Gate Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	70.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	10.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Siesta Key	South Gate Ridge
No high school diploma	3.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	11.3%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	31.1%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Siesta Key	South Gate Ridge
Drove alone	49.5%	75.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	10.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.2%	11.3%
Other means	7.2%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Siesta Key	South Gate Ridge
1-unit, detached	28.9%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	17.1%
20 or more units	44.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Siesta Key	South Gate Ridge
Poverty rate	7.6%	6.6%
Average household size	1.85	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	34	20
Median year structure built	1975	1982